Castles and Great Houses
- The Bass, the original Clan Leslie wooden castle built in 1080–1085. The remains can still be seen down by the River Ury in Inverurie next to the Celtic burial mounds.
- Leslie Castle in Aberdeenshire. A well restored ruin completed by a member of the Clan Leslie.
- Castle Leslie in County Monaghan Ulster, Ireland Built in the 17th-century, the castle and surrounding 1,000-acre (4.0 km2) estate is still a Leslie residence, and an exclusive guest house, spa and school for cuisine. In 2002 Sir Paul McCartney married Heather Mills in the Family Church just adjacent to the Castle.
- Fetternear Palace in Aberdeenshire. Originally a beautiful Bishops Palace. Given to the Leslie's of Balquhain by the Roman Catholic Church in recognition of the fact that they saved St Machars Cathedral in Aberdeen from being burnt by the Covenenters Army in the religious strife that scarred Scotland in the 16th century.
- Balquhain Castle in Aberdeenshire.
- Balgonie Castle was acquired by Alexander Leslie in the early 17th century.
- Leslie House in Fife was owned by the Leslies until 1919, when a major fire destroyed most of the house and contents.
- Kininvie Manor House in the Spey Valley near Rothes. Originally part of the Balquhain Leslies' estates, then purchased by the second son of the Earl of Rothes (1936), currently the home of Colonel David Leslie.
- Lickleyhead Castle in Aberdeenshire. Is still a Leslie family home.Built circa 1450.
- Warthill Castle in Aberdeenshire. Given to a younger son of the Leslie of Wardes.
- Wardes -was a Leslie property given to the younger son of Leslie of Balquhain.
- Rothie House - owned by a cadet of Lord Rothes, the Crawford-Leslie family. The family died out after the only son was killed on active service at the Battle of Anzio in Italy in 1944.
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